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This Weekend • Fri+Sat: Jimmy Greene Quartet | Sun: Maucha Adnet feat. Helio...

NEW POLICY: In an abundance of caution, we now require proof of COVID-19 vaccination at the box office for everyone’s safety. Learn more here. This Weekend Jimmy Greene Quartet Friday & Saturday •...

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SH High Student Selected for NASA College Internship

By Rick Pezzullo— Isabella Levine, a rising junior at Sleepy Hollow High School, has been selected from 750 applicants nationwide for the prestigious STEM Enhancement in Earth and Space Science (SEES)...

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Mercy College Named As Partner In Federal Grant To Extend Vaccinations Into...

By Barrett Seaman– When the Westchester County Department of Health (WCHD) pulled together a team to go into some of the county’s underserved—and under-vaccinated—communities in an effort to get more...

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Irvington Theater Receives Funding for All-New HVAC System, Paving Way for...

by Brad Ogden— Since March of 2020, the Irvington Theater has been dark. The pandemic required that the doors stay closed, but the planning for what can and will be has continued on — so that live...

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TaSH Weekly Newsletter 7/31: What You Can’t Miss at TaSH This Week!

SATURDAY, JULY 31st Could it be? Is July really coming to an end? Sad, but true! This is always the time in the summer when we start to panic about all those summer bucket-list items that haven’t come...

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Three New School Administrators Hired in Tarrytown

By Rick Pezzullo— Three new administrators have been hired for the upcoming school year in The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. Dr. Ronald Gonzalez will join the district as Assistant Superintendent...

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Tarrytown Resident Publishes First Memoir

By Steve Sears— Tarrytown resident Glenn Butler recently published his first memoir, Bending Atmospheres – A Journey from Inner to Outer Space. “I’ve written a lot of things over the years, but it’s...

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Dobbs Ferry Chess Champion Competing in National Tournament

By Rick Pezzullo– A 19-year-old Dobbs Ferry resident is one of only 10 men who qualified to compete in one of the nation’s top chess tournaments, the U.S. Junior Championships, in St. Louis, which runs...

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Local Governments Wrestle With Ways To Keep Remote Access As A Feature Of...

By Barrett Seaman— When restrictions on in-person meetings by local boards and committees in New York State were lifted in late June, it was widely seen as good news—not only as a reflection that the...

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Westchester Among Counties CDC Now Says Should Mask Up

By Barrett Seaman— Despite its high (nearly 80%) vaccination rate, Westchester County is among a dozen counties in New York State where the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends...

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Gertrude Arduino, 93

Gertrude Clara Arduino, a retired elementary school teacher and tap dancer, died July 30. She was 93. She was born August 21, 1927, in Belmore, New York, to Giovanni and Antionette Bracchitta. She...

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A Masters School Student Journalist Earns The Right To Be A “Cherub”

By Kira Ratan– Picture this: One hundred twenty-five 17-year-old high school journalists sitting in a Zoom room listening intently to a simulated press conference with breaking news. This happened...

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NRC Holds Hearing in Tarrytown on Indian Pt. Decommissioning Plan

By Rick Pezzullo— The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a public meeting in Tarrytown last week to receive comments on a decommissioning report for the closed Indian Point nuclear power...

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Despite Vaccine, The Tide Has Shifted, And Masks Are Back

By Barrett Seaman— With news from White Plains that 80% of Westchester residents have had at least one dose of COVID vaccine, with the statewide percentage now over 75, you’d think the war against the...

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ICE CREAM!!!

The invitation went out over the weekend for kids and their parents to come down to Pierson Park on Tuesday afternoon from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for FREE ice cream (“cone with a cop”). It was all...

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Our Neighbor:Rivertown Resident and Warner Library Director Maureen Petry...

By Linda Viertel— Sleepy Hollow resident and highly respected Warner Library Director Maureen Petry retired in late June to begin a new chapter in her rivertown life. Petry had been director since...

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Irvington Board Gets Preview Of Villa Lewaro Plans

By Barrett Seaman— It was more than two-and-a-half years ago that Richelieu Dennis strolled before a packed Trustee meeting room in Irvington, mike in hand, painting an inspiring, if somewhat gauzy...

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Job Opening At Rivertowns Chamber

The Chamber is seeking applicants for an experienced, highly detail-oriented EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT! [part-time contract position] Please share! To be considered for this role, please submit resume and...

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Susan Quaid Ayres Weyburn

Susan Quaid Ayres Weyburn – mother, sister, grandmother, cousin, aunt, friend, teacher – died from pancreatic cancer on July 21 at home in Tarrytown. Doting mother to David and Jennifer and adoring...

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Absent Guidance From Albany, Rivertown Schools Work to Craft COVID Policies...

By Barrett Seaman— With opening day just a month away, area schools, both public and private, are working feverishly to establish rules for both staff and students as they face a school year with...

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